ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML xmlns:asp><HEAD> <TITLE>Ethiopia s dev t endeavors exemplary for African States: Korean official </TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1" name=CODE_LANGUAGE> <META content=JavaScript name=vs_defaultClientScript> <META content=http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5 name=vs_targetSchema><LINK href="../../../../Style/ENA.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet ><LINK href="../../../../../vg.css" type=text/css rel=STYLESHEET ></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout"> <P> &nbsp;</P> <TABLE id=Table1 style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 8px; WIDTH: 984px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 8px; HEIGHT: 24px" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=984 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="WIDTH: 976px" vAlign=middle align=center> <P style="text-align: left"> <img src="../../../../Images/Logo.gif" /> &nbsp;&nbsp; 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LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 12px; MARGIN-LEFT: 6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; PADDING-TOP: 12px"> <TD style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Visual Geez Unicode; HEIGHT: 17px; width: 588px; background-color: ghostwhite;" vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#f8f8ff> <span style="font-size: 10pt">Addis Ababa, November 30, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - Ethiopia could provide a lesson to other African states as its people and government are committed for development, Ambassador for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea, Cho Tea-yul told ENA in Busan, South Korea.<p><p>Cho Tea-yul said Ethiopia is moving fast to eradicate poverty as Korea did in the past.<p><p>He said the resolute commitment that Ethiopia has been exhibiting attracted South Korea to cooperate and back its effort. <p><p>The ambassador said South Korea would continue providing assistance to Ethiopia as Korea has come across the real challenges to bring about sustainable development.<p><p>The visit of President Lee Myung-bak to Ethiopia in July this year and the participation of PM Meles Zenawi at the 4th High Level Forum at Busan, South Korea is a manifestation of the growing cooperation between the two countries.<p><p>Reopening of the Ethiopian embassy in Seoul, South Korea is an encouraging development to further bolster the ever consolidated ties between the two countries. <p><p>The people and government of Korea will never forget the sacrifice paid by Ethiopian veterans in those hard times of Korea, he said.<p><p>Korea will further continue providing economic assistance and also will strive to taking the diplomatic relationship with Ethiopia to higher level, he said.<p><p>Ethiopia was invited to take part in the G-20 Summit in Korea last year and this has symbolic meaning for both countries, he said. <p><p>As a seat for Africans and also in its leading role in many aspects, Ethiopia would also help South Korea to consolidate its existng relation with other African countries.<p><p>Ethiopia has always been a center for Africa , he said. <p><p>---END---<p></span></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> </td> <td style="width: 657px; 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